One of the core roles of a practising geotechnical engineer is to
analyse and design foundations. This textbook for advanced
undergraduates and graduate students covers the analysis, design and
construction of shallow and deep foundations and retaining structures
as well as the stability analysis and mitigation of slopes. It
progressively introduces critical state soil mechanics and plasticity
theories such as plastic limit analysis and cavity expansion theories
before leading into the theories of foundation, lateral earth pressure
and slope stability analysis. On the engineering side, the book
introduces construction and testing methods used in current practice.
Throughout it emphasizes the connection between theory and practice.
It prepares readers for the more sophisticated non-linear
elastic-plastic analysis in foundation engineering which is commonly
used in engineering practice, and serves too as a reference book for
practising engineers. A companion website provides a series of Excel
spreadsheet programs to cover all examples included in the book, and
PowerPoint lecture slides and a solutions manual for lecturers. Using
Excel, the relationships between the input parameters and the design
and analysis results can be seen. Numerical values of complex
equations can be calculated quickly. non-linearity and optimization
can be brought in more easily to employ functioned numerical methods.
And sophisticated methods can be seen in practice, such as p-y curve
for laterally loaded piles and flexible retaining structures, and
methods of slices for slope stability analysis.
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ISBN
9781351255387
Publisert
2018
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CRC Press
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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